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CASPER'S RIVER BARGE INN, INC. v. GREAT LAKES & DOCK CO.

Nos. 76 Civ. 2496 (MEL), 77 Civ. 1283 (MEL) and 77 Civ. 3148 (MEL).

473 F.Supp. 214 (1979)

CASPER'S RIVER BARGE INN, INC., Plaintiff, v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, DREDGE GL-51, her engines, tackle, and the United States of America, Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Alex KOMAR and Casper's River Barge Inn, Inc., Defendants. CASPER'S RIVER BARGE INN, INC., and Alex Komar, Plaintiffs, v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK COMPANY, DREDGE GL-51, her engines, tackle, etc., and United States of America, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, for Casper's River Barge Inn, Inc. and Alex Komar; Richard H. Brown, Jr., Paul F. McGuire, Harry A. Gotimer, New York City, of counsel.

McHugh, Heckman, Smith & Leonard, New York City, for defendant Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co.; Stephen J. Buckley, New York City, of counsel.

Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., New York City, for defendant United States; Gilbert S. Fleischer, Janis G. Schulmeisters, U. S. Dept. of Justice, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

On April 3, 1976, the dredge GL-51, owned by Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co. (Great Lakes), dredged a section of the Passaic River opposite the foot of River Drive in Passaic, New Jersey, as part of an Army Corps of Engineers' program of maintenance dredging. On April 13th, Casper's River Barge Inn, a converted railroad barge moored at the foot of River Drive and used there as a restaurant, broke...

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